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<h1 class="topictitle1">Step 9: Performing Backup</h1>
<div><p>Before performing backup, you need to associate the resources to be protected with a specified SLA. The system protects the resources and periodically executes backup jobs based on the SLA. You can perform a backup job immediately through manual backup.</p>
<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Precautions</h4><ul><li>During a manual backup, the parameters (except <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Automatic Retry</strong></span></b></span>) defined in the SLA, such as <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Rate Limiting Policies</strong></span></b></span> and , are applied to the manual backup job.</li><li>Copies generated by manual backup are retained based on the SLA.</li><li>If the host where the client is installed runs the Windows OS, the <span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002164765222__en-us_topic_0000002200146973_text2263048103312">OceanProtect</span> mounts file systems of the backup storage to the <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002164765222__en-us_topic_0000002200146973_b14263174816332">C:\mnt\databackup\</strong> path by default. To modify the mount path, open the <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002164765222__en-us_topic_0000002200146973_b653033783411">agent_cfg.xml</strong> configuration file in the <em id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002164765222__en-us_topic_0000002200146973_i1542112916218">Client installation directory</em><strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002164765222__en-us_topic_0000002200146973_b19714663415">\DataBackup\ProtectClient\ProtectClient-E\conf</strong> directory and change the value of <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002164765222__en-us_topic_0000002200146973_b3394105619195">win_mount_public_path value</strong>.<div class="note" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002164765222__en-us_topic_0000002200146973_note197102742415"><img src="public_sys-resources/note_3.0-en-us.png"><span class="notetitle"> </span><div class="notebody"><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002164765222__en-us_topic_0000002200146973_p1197162742413">Replace <em id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002164765222__en-us_topic_0000002200146973_i1232194212249">Client installation directory</em> in the directory with the actual one.</p>
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